Arctic land hydrothermal sensitivity under warming: Idealized off-line evaluation of a physical terrestrial scheme in a global climate model

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 21, 2008, Pages

  Saito, Kazuyuki ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATOLOGY; LANDFORMS; POROSITY; SOIL MOISTURE;

CLIMATE MODELING; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; GLOBAL WARMING; PARAMETERIZATION; RADIATIVE FORCING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THERMAL REGIME; WATER EXCHANGE;

ARCTIC;

EID: 58249087774     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD009880     Document Type: Article

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